Our right to protest
Michael Roch on the role of the “right to protest” in bourgeois democracy.
One year in Erskine
Nathan Hennebry discusses the Erskine hotel demonstrations of the past year and how deprived communities can fight for their living standards.
George Galloway: the people’s champion
Following the Rochdale by-election, Eben Williams outlines the credentials of the winner, George Galloway, and why communists should lend their support to him.
Is Marxism “leftist”?
Charlotte Jones explores a marxist approach to leftist morality.
Economic challenges and mistakes: Cuban leadership offers self-criticism
Cuban leaders are opening up on problems from poor food production, lack of exports, emigration, black-market scalping, and mismanaged ‘liberalisation’ of state control of the economy, writes W.T. Whitney Jr.
When Harry met Stalin
Eben Williams examines the contribution of Joseph Stalin to the CPGB’s programme, and the relationship he had with its General Secretary, Harry Pollitt.
Why the state fears working-class environmentalism
Nathan Hennebry reflects on his experience at the COP26 protest in Glasgow, and the distinctions between liberal and working-class environmentalism.
President Xi Jinping’s 2024 New Year message
On New Year’s Eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2024 New Year message via China Media Group.
The following is the full text of the message:
Longing for purpose
With the population becoming increasingly radicalised without an effective platform to express their anger, Ben Ughetti sets out how communists could offer a constructive outlet for popular dissent.
Spotify is tapped
Realising the revolutionary potential of the internet to challenge the commodification of music, capitalism needed Spotify to neutralise this threat, argues Michael Roch.
